All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Electrical defect of the heart: disorders affecting the electrical conduction system of the heart.

Maximum possible blood pressure: The maximum pressure which the human left ventricle can generate is about 300 mm Hg.

Heart rate rises about 10 beats for every degree rise of body temperature.

Urine metanephrines can be elevated in pheochromocytoma. They are metabolites of catecholamines.

Very rare congenital abnormalities of coronary arteries or aneurysms of coronary arteries due to Kawasaki’s disease can death of a child with heart attack.

Plenty of fluids with a little bit of salt helps to bring up the blood pressure in an otherwise normal person.

Tiny branches of the conduction system which connect with the heart muscle fibres are known as Purkinje fibres.

Major clogging of the arteries require mechanical methods of removal methods like angioplasty.

Can you stop your heart by breath holding? Heart is not under voluntary control. So you cant stop it voluntarily.

Nitroglycerine dilates blood vessels of the heart and relieves the pain due to angina pectoris.